Our Automated Laminating Cell is a multifunctional system that combines robotised tape laying, laminate cutting and pick & place. It is much more affordable than conventional systems, has a small footprint and can easily be adapted depending on requirements. Compared to convention methods, traditional automated type laying, this system has a couple of advantages:
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It enables large scale manufacturing at lower cost
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It has a much smaller footprint and can be installed in a normal facility without additional measures
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It is very versatile and flexible: you can add technologies later to this system or if you have an existing robotised cell you can add this technology to that cell
More automation benefits:
Automation will ensure the quality of the product and radically improves clean room efficiencies. It also opens the way for more efficient nesting, or even dynamic nesting, which reduces the material waste significantly. All, so you can become more competitive.
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Upscale your production
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Reduce production & engineering costs
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Shorten your time to market
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Manufacture more diverse products at the same time
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Reduce material waste
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Adapt your pace to your product
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Reduce paperwork
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Become more competitive
‘Our Automated Laminating Cell is a multifunctional system that combines robotised tape laying, laminate cutting and pick & place. It is much more affordable than conventional systems, has a small footprint and can easily be adapted depending on requirements.’
– Marcus Kremers, CTO Airborne
How it works
Step 1: The first step is to building up the laminate by automatically laying the prepreg unit directional tape. This system can cut the tape at any angle, thereby minimizing the scrap at the edges of the laminate. Local reinforcement or patches can be added easily by pick and place or individual plies. And these plies can be cut on a normal cutting machine and be kitting with our Automated Kitting System.
Step 2: The system can cut a larger laminate into smaller parts.
Step 3: And with the pick and place end effector it can take these parts and offload it from the laminating table. It can place it directly into a mold, or bring it to a hot forming station or any other technology that is used downstream.
Learn by example: How Commercial Aircraft Market manufacturers are ramping up the production of their single aisle aircraft
Many industries must operate in a constantly changing production environment. By using standard, affordable robots that can switch end-effector easily and quick (within 1 minute), you can create a system that can perform multiple tasks. By adopting a modular, building-block approach the development becomes faster and more flexible. This will ultimately reduce costs.
Let’s get technical
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Automated Laminating Cell
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Automated Tape Laying
– Single tape
– Variable angle ultrasonic cutting
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Automated cutting of laminates
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Pick & Place of laminates
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Technical specifications
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Tape width 150 mm / 6”
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Lay down rate up to 300 lm/hr
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Laminate cutting up to 30 m/min
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Pick & Place cycle 10 seconds
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Tool changing < 1 minute
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More automated solutions
Automated Kitting & Sorting
Automated Kitting is affordable, flexible and very easy to use. It is one of our building blocks for automation of composites and already fully digital.
Automated Pick & Place
By automating Pick and Place we help enable our clients to be more competitive by saving time and reducing costs.
Automated Honeycomb Potting
Our Automated Honeycomb Potting system automatically applies potting material for local reinforcements in honeycomb sandwich panels.
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